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    Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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    One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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    A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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    Why Do Old Books Have a Distinct Smell?
    The reason why old books have such a distinct smell is because hundreds of organic compounds in the pages break down over time and release chemicals that smell like almond, vanilla, and grass.
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    The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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    Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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    Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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